April 2012

04/25/2012

This week we've added a new online exhibit to our site: Double Exposure: Al Parker's Illustrations, from Model to Magazine. For mid-century illustrators, photography was a means of composing a scene, creating realism, and capturing certain effects -- such as light and shading -- which could not be obtained in other ways. Drawing from the wide range of materials within the Al Parker Collection, Double Exposure pairs Parker's illustrations for fiction in popular magazines with the photographs on which they're based, as well as an "in-between" image of the superimposed photograph on the illustration. The result is a fascinating look at Parker's creative process. Please check it out!

04/10/2012

We're excited to announce that the Karl S. Kaltenthaler Comic Books and Zines Collection is now available for use. The collection contains over 1,000 comic books from spanning many genres and styles, including super-hero comics, war comics, horror comics, and alternative and underground titles. Some of the most influential comic book artists and writers of the late twentieth century are included, such as Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Robert Crumb, Peter Bagge, and Daniel Clowes. The collection also contains zines, graphic novels, and magazines. To learn more about the collection and its contents, take a look at the finding aid, and check out a few highlights below.